I have had poor luck in Southwestern soils with really skinny titanium stakes and even regular aluminum shepherd hook stakes. With my tarp tent, I usually use Shepherd Hook stakes for the less load bearing points, and MSR groundhog-style Y stakes for the guy lines and other tensioned points. Still, I'd like something lighter. Has anyone tried these? Comments?

Thanks!

PS – I have also broken the heads off of Easton Nano stakes, so I'm not the most gentle stake user.

I ordered a set of Vargo's Ascent stakes and quickly abandoned using them.
The top part, above the notch for the guy line, bends over with the slightest pressure used to push the stake into the ground. After a couple of events like this, it breaks off from fatigue failure.